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“I’m definitely going to grab a few. I’ve got a few people coming over from America for Christmas and although I don’t drink coffee myself you can never have enough coffee cups, right? They’re pretty cool designs.”

Geoff has snapped up some of the mugs as Christmas presents

Stoke City Community Trust challenged Year 10 students from schools across Staffordshire to come up with designs and 120 entries were submitted.

Twenty contenders were then invited to the bet365 Stadium today before judges chose their favourites.

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“We worked well together, starting out with one suggestion and then working to make it better,” said Lily. “It’s great to see it made up and on sale.”

Head of business studies Sarah St Clair, a big Stoke supporter as well, had encouraged teams to think what grab fans’ eyes.

Geoff with the winning teams (Image: Leanne Bagnall)

She said: “We talked about different designs, what to include and what would be popular to Stoke fans and what would work well as a business idea. I was really impressed with the girls’ enthusiasm and dedication to the project.”

The Premier League Enterprise programme is designed to encourage pupils to learn about business by using Stoke City as a case study.